Whatever science we do, we know that formulas, diagrams and pictures make our work easier. At the same time, how great the real influence of such methods of formulating ideas on the further movement of thought is, we often find out along the way: it is difficult to immediately say to what extent this or that diagram, drawing or recording provoked the emergence of a new direction in science - otherwise we would have immediately taught designers to promote scientific progress.

James Webb handed over images of a star, which will soon become supernova Alexey Kudrya NASA posted new pictures of the JWST space telescope, which captures the WR 124 star (Hen 2-427), located at a distance of 6400 ± 600 PC (21 thousand light years) 1 from the Earth in the constellation Strela (Sagitta). WR 124 is considered a star like Wolf - a spectral type of WN8H, a rare luminary, which is among the most bright, most massive and most noticeable stars.

On March 3, 2023, the outstanding Japanese writer Oe Kenzaburo did not become. January 31, 2023 The writer turned 88 years old. “Turning to the souls of the trees and the souls of whales, he sends them the last sorry: everything is fine ! And after him comes the one who comes for all people ”(the last words of the novel“ Water declared me to my soul ”). OE Kenzaburo at the Japanese Cultural Institute. Cologne, Germany, November 4, 2008.

Alexander Poddyakov Research sticks of primates Monkeys and sticks - the topic studied (we will not talk about the monkey and grenade here). Get something edible with a stick, to which you can’t reach without a stick, throw a stick into the enemy, stab like a spear in a hollow-there are such important practical functions for sticks of different types in the hands of primates of different types. But! - Photos of gorillas and bonobos are taken, using a stick in quality, usually not mentioned.

Boris Stern I had to write this article for a long time, because, firstly, five months ago, a uniquely strong gamma-ray gamut occurred, which broke the previous record for brightness immediately by an order of magnitude. Secondly, my doctoral was dedicated to gamma-vaples, so who, if not me? But it so happened that it was much more important to figure out what was in this surge of a new interesting one and publish a scientific article.

We offer the attention of readers a fragment of the memoirs of the geneticist Evgeny Vitalievich Ananyev (1947–2008), known for research that led to the discovery of mobile genetic elements in Drusophila, as well as the work on studying the structure of chromosomes in higher plants, which contributed to the creation of an artificial chromosome of corn 1 .

The entire issue of the newspaper Trinity Option - Science No. 374 of March 21, 2023 in PDF Number Materials in HTML The announcement of the room Something about gamma-ray Boris Stern about the unexpected and record gamma-ray-p. 1–2 Astronovosti from Alexei Kudrya The future supernova WR 124, the current volcano on Venus and the abolition of the end of the world - p. 3 Sad fox Pictures that received the British Wildlife PhotoGraphy Awards 2023 award, p.

Favorite book by Ivan Efremov 100 years ago, Herbert George Wells Roman “People Like Gods” (“Men Like Gods”) came out. On March 8, 1923, on the 16th page of the newspaper Manchester Guardian, a review called “New Roman Mr. Wells” was released under the section “Published today”. Undoubtedly, the impetus for writing the novel was a trip to Russia and a meeting with Lenin in 1920. Wells contrasted the Marxist and Russian vision of communism.

Alexander Meshcheryakov By the way, the dialogue with the past is given to me more and more difficult for me, because life rushes at a frantic speed in an unknown direction - signs and landscapes are changing, at home are demolished; Flora and fauna lose their old views. The professions also disappear. We learn about them from old books, paintings, photographs and films, stories of many people who have lived. Where are you, coachman, tapers, telephone operators and Poloters? AU!

A. Lukashin and V. Borisov “We have been familiar with Alexander Lukashin for more than 60 years - we went to school together,” writes Vladimir Borisov. - It so happened that life scattered us (Alexander lives in Perm, I am in Abakan), but we constantly maintain contact, correspond, occasionally we meet. Sometimes we write small articles together, for example, offered to your attention.

On March 15, the XVI season of prizes Dmitry Zimin “Enlightener” and “Enlightener. Transet” started. Until May 15, the organizing committee accepts applications for books published in Russian: both original and translated. In addition, within the framework of the Enlightener Prize, the jury will present the special Polit-Posvet award for the second time-for a book dedicated to the current socio-political process and helping to understand its nature.

- Padla! - called the secretary. Silence. - Padla! - repeated the secretary louder. -Why swear? -someone muttered in line, and the secretary looked at the muttering, raising huge glasses on his forehead. “They call the bastard,” he explained offendedly. - The name is: fell. Complete Wu? “Maybe Pavel is still?” I asked just in case. The secretary looked at the computer screen. “He fell,” he said with gloating. - A normal name, nothing to be shy. And this does not happen.

In August, the 170th anniversary of the birth of the famous engineer and architect Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (1853–1939), a corresponding member (1928) and honorary member (1929) of the Lenin Academy (1929), the Hero of Labor (1928), which adorned Moscow by the famous tower with steel mesh,. became a symbol of Soviet broadcasting. The tower began its work 101 years ago 1 .

The jury of the British contest British Wildlife Photography Awards 2023 ( BWPAWARDS.org ), annually hosts photo work, which somehow illuminates the life of the wildlife of Great Britain, in mid -March declared its winners. In total, over 13 thousand photographs taken by amateur photographers and professionals were sent to the competition. The prize is designed to serve as an important reminder of the value of British forests, water-bell grounds and other ecosystems.

On the 120th anniversary of the birthday of the writer Alexander Rechkin At the beginning of 1951, the world of science fiction stirred up from the unexpected news - in the popular American glossy magazine Collier's appeared the first part of the full -colorly illustrated novel “The Rebellion of Triffids” (later released in the form of the book “Day of Triffids”), which literally attracted the attention of the readership of the magazine.